AN ACT Relating to social networking accounts and profiles; adding
new sections to chapter 49.44 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 49.44 RCW to read as follows:

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or the
state of Washington, its political subdivisions, or municipal
corporations to require, directly or indirectly, as a condition of
employment or continued employment, that any employee or prospective
employee submit any password or other related account information in
order to gain access to the employee's or prospective employee's
account or profile on a social networking web site or to demand access
in any manner to an employee's or prospective employee's account or
profile on a social networking web site.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 49.44 RCW to read as follows:
In a civil action alleging a violation of section 1 of this act the court may:

(1) Award a penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars to a
prevailing employee or prospective employee in addition to any award of
actual damages;
(2) Award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs to the prevailing
employee or prospective employee; and
(3) Pursuant to RCW 4.84.185, award any prevailing party against
whom an action has been brought for a violation of section 1 of this
act reasonable expenses and attorneys' fees upon final judgment and
written findings by the trial judge that the action was frivolous and
advanced without reasonable cause.

Out of the 15 sponsors of this bill, only one was a Republican (Hill).

And you realize the amendment was put in there at the request of business owners only to address concerns of leaking proprietary information, or possible criminal activity by the employee. Actually sounds kind of reasonable to me.

The amendment was introduced at the House Labor Committee at the request of business groups...

...The amendment says that an employer conducting an investigation may require or demand access to a personal account if an employee or prospective employee has allegations of work-place misconduct or giving away an employer’s proprietary information. The amendment would require an investigation to ensure compliance with applicable laws or regulatory requirements.

Under the amendment, employees would be present when their social network profiles are searched and whatever information found is kept confidential, unless it is relevant to a criminal investigation.

You Dig On Multiverses?

Employers in six states will no longer be able to require their employees hand over personal Facebook account passwords thanks to new laws passed this year.
California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey all passed similar bans, reported Reuters. The California and Illinois’ laws also include job applicants.

Assembly Bill 25, authored by Assemblywoman Nora Campos should be a slam-dunk. The San Jose Democrat wrote a similar measure that sailed through the Legislature virtually unopposed during the last session. Gov. Jerry Brown signed it in September to take effect Jan. 1.

Wackbag's Best Conservative

And you realize the amendment was put in there at the request of business owners only to address concerns of leaking proprietary information, or possible criminal activity by the employee. Actually sounds kind of reasonable to me.

It undermines key aspects of the bill. It's ripe for abuse. Imagine our warrant system if they removed the requirements of evidence and judicial oversight and it became "We received an anonymous tip so we're going to look look around your house and if we see something we think is applicable then we're going to take it."

Unleash The Beast

It undermines key aspects of the bill. It's ripe for abuse. Imagine our warrant system if they removed the requirements of evidence and judicial oversight and it became "We received an anonymous tip so we're going to look look around your house and if we see something we think is applicable then we're going to take it."

Unleash The Beast

You're backpedaling now Don. You thought that the Democrat sponsor of the bill was the one who came up with this. Isn't that why you called the honorable Sen. Hobbs a "scumbag?" Otherwise you would have titled the thread "Democrat lawakerS want employers to have your Facebook password."

G-Bb-A-D

It undermines key aspects of the bill. It's ripe for abuse. Imagine our warrant system if they removed the requirements of evidence and judicial oversight and it became "We received an anonymous tip so we're going to look look around your house and if we see something we think is applicable then we're going to take it."

You Dig On Multiverses?

G-Bb-A-D

You're backpedaling now Don. You thought that the Democrat sponsor of the bill was the one who came up with this. Isn't that why you called the honorable Sen. Hobbs a "scumbag?" Otherwise you would have titled the thread "Democrat lawakerS want employers to have your Facebook password.

Also, since I need to spoon feed everything to you people, the entire premise of the thread is an answer to droogie's retarded "guess the party" posts. I saw the story, then saw his latest retarded post, and decided to make a thread real quick.

Unleash The Beast

Also, since I need to spoon feed everything to you people, the entire premise of the thread is an answer to droogie's retarded "guess the party" posts. I saw the story, then saw his latest retarded post, and decided to make a thread real quick.

Spoon fed us what? I'm the one who did the research on the original bill (and posted the link). You're the one who got all frothed up by what you thought was this poor "scumbag" Democrat's attempt to invade our privacy. You were so quick to post it you even spelled the title wrong. LOL.

And besides, this is totally not applicable to a "guess the party" thread. A gun-grabbing story, yes, but a story about protecting privacy is pretty much something that Democrats (and lib-leaning organizations like the ACLU and EFF) are always advocating. And even plenty of Republicans agree too, so it's kind of one of the few things both sides of the aisle can agree on. Now go find us a gun-grabbing thread so we can tee off on radical leftists and we can all sing kumbaya.

Wackbag's Best Conservative

Spoon fed us what? I'm the one who did the research on the original bill (and posted the link). You're the one who got all frothed up by what you thought was this poor "scumbag" Democrat's attempt to invade our privacy. You were so quick to post it you even spelled the title wrong. LOL.

And besides, this is totally not applicable to a "guess the party" thread. A gun-grabbing story, yes, but a story about protecting privacy is pretty much something that Democrats (and lib-leaning organizations like the ACLU and EFF) are always advocating. And even plenty of Republicans agree too, so it's kind of one of the few things both sides of the aisle can agree on. Now go find us a gun-grabbing thread so we can tee off on radical leftists and we can all sing kumbaya.